John 13:1–17

The Lord’s Supper

¹Now before the Feast of ^athe Passover, Jesus knowing that ^bHis hour had come that He would depart out of this world ^cto the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them ¹to the end.

²And during supper, ^athe devil having already put into the heart of ^bJudas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray Him,

³Jesus, ^aknowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that ^bHe had come forth from God and was going back to God,

^4*got up from supper, and ^*laid aside His garments; and taking a towel, He ^atied it around Himself.

Jesus Washes the Disciples’ Feet

⁵Then He ^*poured water into the washbasin, and began to ^awash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel which He had tied around Himself.

⁶So He ^*came to Simon Peter. He ^*said to Him, “Lord, are You going to wash my feet?”

⁷Jesus answered and said to him, “What I am doing you do not realize now, but you will understand ^aafterwards.”

⁸Peter ^*said to Him, “You will never wash my feet—ever!” Jesus answered him, “^aIf I do not wash you, ^byou have no part with Me.”

⁹Simon Peter ^*said to Him, “Lord, not only my feet, but also my hands and my head.”

¹⁰Jesus ^*said to him, “He who has bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean; and ^ayou are clean, but not all of you.”

¹¹For ^aHe knew the one who was betraying Him; for this reason He said, “Not all of you are clean.”

¹²So when He had washed their feet, and ^ataken His garments and reclined at the table again, He said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you?

¹³“You call Me ^aTeacher and ^bLord; and ¹you are right, for so I am.

¹⁴“If I then, ^athe Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.

¹⁵“For I gave you ^aan example that you also should do as I did to you.

¹⁶“Truly, truly, I say to you, ^aa slave is not greater than his master, nor is ^bone who is sent greater than the one who sent him.

¹⁷“If you know these things, you are ^ablessed if you do them.